I was at Elland Road today to witness Leeds United beat my second favourite team, Crewe Alexandra 5-2 in League One. Leeds totally outplayed Crewe and it was actually 5-0 going into injury time at the end of the match when the Leeds defender, Lubo Michalik foolishly got himself sent off for a needless second bookable offence. In the remaining two minutes, Crewe somehow contrived to score two goals when they hadn't looked like scoring one during the preceding 90 minutes - another example of the unexpected nature of football which helps to keep a lot of us transfixed. It was also strange to be at Elland Road watching a League One match because as I walked to the ground I recalled my visit there on an ice-cold day shortly before Christmas 2001 when Leeds were top of the Premier League and Newcastle beat them 4-3 in a thrilling match with Nolberto Solano scoring the last minute winner which led to Bobby Robson doing a jig of joy on the touchline - those were the days!
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